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' w. H. H. SMALL. WASHING IYIAGI-IIEIEL- No. 420,742. f Patented Feb. 4, 1890.

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WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Feb. 4, 1890.

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WASHING MACHINE.

No. 420,742. Patented Feb. 4, 1 90.

1 1' l 10 1 a1 I? U TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HENRY H. SMALL, oF's LoUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI.

WASHING-MACHINE.

sPno FIcATIoN' forming part of Letters mane N6. 420,742, dated February 4, 1890.

' Application filedIiecemher 14, 1888. Serial No. 293,571- (No model-)1 To all whomit'may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY HAR- RIsoN SMALL, a citizen' of the United States, residing in the county of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have inv nted certain new and useful Improvement in Washing-Ma: chines, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable tains to make and use the same, ing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. ll y invention consists, briefly, in constructing a washing-machine so that the rotary cylinder in 'which the clothes are placed to be washed can,

consists, also, in certain features and details of construction, the 'novel' characteristics of which will be hereinafter set forth the claims making a part hereof.- Figure l is a side elevation of Inachinemade in accordance with tion. Fig. 2 is a section on :the

a washingmy invenline 2 2 of Fig.4,1showing the cylinder in its lowered position. Fig. 3 is a section on the'line'3 3 of Fig, 4. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on-the line 4 4 of Fig. 3,-and Fig. 5 is a section of a de-;

.tailon the line5 5 of Fig. 3. of reference indicate the The same figures same parts throughout the several views.

6 are the legs upon which the apparatus stands... Theyare located at each side of the machine,and are preferably made of two flat bars, Fig. 4, which are bent in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Between the two legs of the bent bars is a piece 7, across which rest, prefcrably, double T-irons 8, by which the furnace 9 is supported. The furnace is made in any desired form, and is provided with a grate 9 and a smoke-stack 10. The front part has a .door

11, by which access may be had to the fire.

At therear of the fire-grate may be arranged a fire-wall 12, constructed in any well-known way. The top of said furnace may be left open, and upon it a boiler or vessel13, having an inclined bottom, may

be placed, which vessel is to be filled with warests a bar 18, which ter for washing the clothes. I prefer, however, to have the top ofthe furnace closed and 15, of wood, between which is a sheet-iron This makes a V boiler which costs but comparatively little.

bottom,and ends l6 ,and 17, secured side pieces by any means.

to said The boiler could be made entirely of sheetiron, and any other kind of boiler could be used, if desired.

Upon each of the side pieces 14 and 15 that is secured to said side pieces.

1 s is pivoted to a piece 19,

18 are joined by'a cross-bar 20, the whole constituting a frame that is movably affixed to the boiler.

Between and upon the bars two end dlsks or heads and rods arranged around the periphery of and ing a slatted cylinder.

22, Fig.- 2, is a door leading into the slatted cylinder, by which clothes may be introduced or withdrawn from said cylinder. 23 is a lock for holding said door closed. This form ofslattedcylinder is old and well known in washing-machines. Any other suitable kind of cylinder could be employed in my appa- 'ratus.

The extension of one of the journals of the cylinder 21 is Inder. Arranged-upon said extension back of the crank may be a. nall pinion-wheel 25, a large spurequidistance', mak- 18 is journaleda washing-cylinder 21, which indetail, .and will then be particularly pointed out in preferably made angular, so as .to receive a; crank 24 for rotating said-cyl- V which may be which, being wheel 25, will drive the cylinder at a more rapid rate, and can be thus made to expel the water from the clothes after washing them.

27 is a hook pivoted to one of the bars 18, made to take in an eye 28, secured to one of the side pieces of the boiler, so as to lock the bars 18 and hold the cylinder down in position when washing the clothes.

29 29 are arc-shaped pieces, that depend from the bars 18 outside of the boiler 13. They are provided with holes through which a rod 30 may be run to support the frame and the cylinder in its raised position., They could be dispensed with, if desired, and the cr0ss-bar20 sustained by hand during the operation of expelling the water from the clothes, orany other means used to raise the a cylinder out of the water. To prevent the water from flying in all directions when the cylinder is raised to expel the water from the clothes, I provide, preferably, a gable-shaped housing 31 for said cylinder. This housing may be made of any material and be removably attached over the cylinder in any manner-as, for instance, by pins extend from said housing and engage hooks 34 and 35 upon the bars 18.

36, Fig. 4, is a plug, which closes a hole in the boiler at one side of the furnace. By withdrawing this plug the water can be let out into a sink 37, attached to the side of the furnace, and from thence conveyed off by. a ipe 38, which may be supported from the side of the furnace.

The water can be expelled from the clothes after washing without raising the cylinder by letting the and then rotating the cylinder rapidly.

39 is a grating that rests, preferably, upon angle-irons 40 40, attached to the sides of the boiler above the water. This grating can be supported in any other manner, if desired. It is used to put the clothes on before inserting them in the cylinder, and also after removing them from the cylinder.

41 is a small chimney, through steam may pass ofi.

The bars 18 can be detached from the boiler where they are pivoted to thesame and the which the boiler and furnace removed to anyplace an. be used to boil water for any purpose.

a larger wheel than the pinion 32 and 33, whichwater out of the boiler or vessel- I am aware that slatted rotary cylinders are not new in washing-machines, and do not wish to be understood as laying claim,broadly. to such; but I What I desire to claim, and secure by Letters Patent of the United States as my invention, is-- 1. A clothes-washing machine consisting of a boiler, a frame pivoted to said boiler, aslatted cylinder journaled in said frame, a door in said cylinder for the introduction and withdrawal of the clothes to be washed, and a gear-wheel on the shaft of the cylinder engaging a larger gear on the frame, whereby the cylinder can be rotated in its lowered'position at one rate of speed to wash the clothes, and also rotated at a faster rate in its raised position to expel the water therefrom.

2. The combination, in a clothes-washing machine, of a vessel containing the washingfluid, a frame pivoted to said vessel, a rotary cylinder journaled in said frame, a door in said cylinder closed to the exit of the clothes when the cylinder is rotated, and a detachable housing for said cylinder carriedby the frame, whereby the cylinder can be rotated in its lowered position to wash the clothes, and can also be rotated in its raised position to expel the water therefrom.

3. A clothes-washing machine consisting of a boiler,'a frame pivoted to said boiler, a slatted cylinder journaled in said frame, a door in said cylinder closed when the cylinder is rotated, a gear on the square-ended shaft of the cylinder meshing with a larger gear carried by the frame, and arc-shaped pieces depending from the sides of said frame and having holes therein adapted to receive a rod 30, whereby the cylinder may be rotated in its lowered position to wash the clothes,and may be raised and fixed in position and rotated to expel the water from the clothes. 1

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this 27th day of November, 1888, in the presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

. r WILLIAM HENRYH. SMALL. [11.8.]

Witnesses:

A. O. FOWLER, M. S. REEDER. 

